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Dawn swoops to lowest orbit around Vesta – Unveiling Spectacular Alien World
[/caption] NASA’s Dawn Asteroid Orbiter successfully spiraled down today to the closest orbit the probe will ever achieve around the…
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Opportunity Discovers Most Powerful Evidence Yet for Martian Liquid Water
[/caption] NASA’s long lived Opportunity rover has discovered the most scientifically compelling evidence yet for the flow of liquid water…
Could Solar Storms ‘Sandblast’ the Moon?
[/caption]According to a new set of NASA computer simulations, solar storms and Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) can erode the lunar…
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Rainbow of Colors Reveal Asteroid Vesta as More Like a Planet
[/caption] The giant Asteroid Vesta is among the most colorful bodies in our entire solar system and it appears to…
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Voyager 1 Spacecraft Enters New Region of Solar System
[/caption] Voyager 1 is in uncharted territory. The long-lived spacecraft has entered a new region of space that lies between…
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Flawlessly On Course Curiosity Cruising to Mars – No Burn Needed Now
[/caption] Curiosity’s interplanetary injection was spot on ! - following her Nov. 26 blastoff aboard the 2 million pound thrust…
NASA’s Pluto Probe Marks a New Milestone
[/caption] It may not have noticed anything different as it continued its high-speed trek through interplanetary space, but today New…
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Vrooming over Vivid Vestan Vistas in Vibrant 3 D – Video
[/caption] It’s time to put on your 3-D glasses and go soaring all over the giant asteroid Vesta - thanks…
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NASA Planetary Science Trio Honored as ‘Best of What’s New’ in 2011- Curiosity/Dawn/MESSENGER
[/caption] A trio of NASA’s Planetary Science mission’s - Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), Dawn and MESSENGER - has been honored…
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Empowering Curiosity, Numerous Systems Required to Land Martian Rover
Launch video provided courtesy of United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – It is a mission years in the making.…